Improvement in curtain-fixtures



- H. BINDER.

Improvement in Curtain-Fixtures.

No. 131,328 'Patented Sep.17, 1872.

WITNESSES: INVENTORZ UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

HENRY BINDER, 0E sir. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IMPRQVEMENT' m CURTAIN-FIXTURES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,328, datedSeptember 17, 1872 antedated September To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BINDER, of St. Louis, in the county of St.Louis andState of Missouri, have made certain new and usefulImprovements in Curtain-Fixtures; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full and true description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of this invention relates to the construction of awindow-curtain fastening device for holding and locking the curtain inany desired position. The nature thereof consists in the arrangement ina curtain-hanger of a vibrating spring-bearing for the spindle of thegrooved curtain-pulley, said pulley having a series of notches in itsperiphery in which engages a projecting lug of the hanger, aswillhereinafter more fully appear.

To enable those herein skilled to make and use my said improvement, Iwill now more fully describe the same, referring to the anhearing A isprovided with a transverse horizontal hole, a, in which the spindle ofthe grooved pulley c is inserted. The pulley c is secured to thecurtain-roller in the usual man- Furthermore, the.

ner, and is provided with a series of notches, c, in its periphery,which engage with the transverse luga of the hanger to form a lock, andprevent any movement of the curtain. A duplicate lug, a, forms part oflug a, so as to allow the hanger to be used on either side of thewindow. The lugs a? a are arranged so as to project over the grooves ofthe pulley O and prevent the cord becoming disengaged from the groovedpulley, as, in the ordinary application of my improvedv device, noadjust;

able rack-roller will be required at the bottom of the window.

The operation of the parts will be as follows: The operator, by pullingon the cord, withdraws the pulley G out of engagement with the lug a,and the curtain can then be raised or lowered to any desired position,and as soon as the operator releases the cord the weight of the curtain,in connection with the spring B, returns the parts to a lock.

- Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim is-- Thearrangement of a grooved pulley, C, having notches 0, in combinationwith a hanger, A, formed with slidesa and lugs a a and provided withadjustable bearing A, spring B, lugs b I), as and for the-purpose setforth.

In testimony of said invention I have hereunto set my hand.

HENRY BINDER. Witnesses:

J OHN W. HER'rHEL, ROBERT BURNS.

